TTC subways experienced over 93 hours of unplanned delays in July, CEO Mandeep Lali said at a board meeting Wednesday.

The transit agency's September report, which focuses on subways, attributes 51 per cent of the holdups to external factors, such as disorderly patrons, the blocking of doors and unauthorized persons at track level.

But Lali also said 49 per cent of the issues that led to delays on subways were operational, including equipment problems.

The TTC is currently facing an $11.9-billion funding shortfall for state of good repair work over the next 15 years, according to a report presented to the TTC's strategic planning committee last week.

At current funding levels, the TTC says it can't do track work at the rate it needs to maintain existing demands. That could lead to rest

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